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| Abstract | |
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| Dedication | |
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| Quotation | |
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| Table of Contents | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction and Development of Theory | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Historical and present-day background of organization in China | |
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| General research questions | |
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| Academic research contributions | |
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| Usefulness of research for non-academic interest groups | |
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| Basic underlying model | |
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| Thesis outline | |
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| Literature review | |
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| Chinese management | |
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| Contingency theory | |
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| Critical appraisal of literature | |
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| Distinctive research contributions | |
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| Development of research theory | |
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| Philosophical and theoretical perspective | |
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| Research theory and model | |
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| Methodology and Exploratory Analysis | |
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| Research Design | |
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| Sample | |
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| Measures | |
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| Procedures | |
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| Research limitations | |
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| Exploratory data analysis | |
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| Discussion of analytical techniques | |
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| Sample characteristics | |
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| Scale development and validation | |
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| Data screening prior to model estimation and testing | |
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| Limitations | |
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| General Research Findings | |
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| Distinctive characteristics of Chinese management | |
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| Overview | |
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| Structural and managerial profiles for private and state enterprises | |
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| Case illustrations | |
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| Influencing factors of structure and management in China | |
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| Overview | |
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| Influencing factors of organizational structure in China | |
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| Influencing factors of management practices in China | |
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| Organizational effectiveness of Chinese companies | |
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| Relationship between "fit" and effectiveness | |
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| Organizational effectiveness model | |
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| Case example | |
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| Conclusions and limitations | |
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| Conclusions and recommendations | |
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| Main conclusions | |
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| Normative recommendations for managers | |
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| Research limitations and outlook | |
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| Appendix | |
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| Overview of survey design options | |
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| Case records | |
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| Comparison of different sampling approaches | |
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| Statistical formulae | |
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| Definitions of scale validation tests | |
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| Letter to CEO asking for participation in mailed pilot | |
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| Company questionnaire in English | |
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| Company questionnaire in Chinese | |
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| Choice of computer program | |
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| Detailed non-response analysis | |
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| Discussion of statistical choices for scale construction | |
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| Scale validation for corporate culture | |
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| Industry and geography structural profiles | |
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| International mean comparisons | |
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| Sensitivity analysis for error variance | |
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| Data screening and measurement model assessment for SEMs | |
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| Explanatory table of Chinese transcriptions | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Bibliography | |